Gene Information
Gene NameNR4A1
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length598
Protein NamesNuclear receptor subfamily 4 group A member 1 (Early response protein NAK1) (Nuclear hormone receptor NUR/77) (Nur77) (Orphan nuclear receptor HMR) (Orphan nuclear receptor TR3) (ST-59) (Testicular receptor 3)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age810 ( ENSG00000123358 )
Evolutionary StageEumetazoa
AlphaFoldDBP22736
Gene CardNR4A1
Uniprot IDP22736
PfamPF00104; PF00105
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.542041906)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ NR4A1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ NR4A1 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ NR4A1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ NR4A1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Nr4a1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ NR4A1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Nr4a1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ NR4A1 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNR4A3, NR4A2
ParalogsNR4A2, NR4A3
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityFetal muscle and adult liver, brain and thyroid.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 2QW4  (X-ray  2.80A  3V3E  (X-ray  2.06A  3V3Q  (X-ray  2.22A  4JGV  (X-ray  3.01A  4KZI  (X-ray  2.41A  4KZJ  (X-ray  2.12A  4KZM  (X-ray  2.30A  4RE8  (X-ray  2.16A  4REE  (X-ray  2.37A  4REF  (X-ray  2.10A  4RZE  (X-ray  2.49A  4RZF  (X-ray  1.99A  4RZG  (X-ray  2.70A  4WHF  (X-ray  2.27A  4WHG  (X-ray  2.18A  6KZ5  (X-ray  4.45A  6LC1  (X-ray  3.12A 
DBSNP rs1882118 
Subcellular location [CC]Nucleus {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15509776, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17761950, ECO:0000269|PubMed:20438716, ECO:0000269|PubMed:22427340, ECO:0000269|PubMed:22983157}. Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15509776, ECO:0000269|PubMed:20438716, ECO:0000269|PubMed:22427340}. Mitochondrion {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17761950}. Note=Nuclear export to the cytoplasm is XPO1-mediated and positively regulated by IFI27 (PubMed:22427340). Translocation to the mitochondrion upon interaction with RXRA and upon the presence of 9-cis retinoic acid (PubMed:17761950). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17761950, ECO:0000269|PubMed:22427340}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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